Book Description:
This completely rewritten Third Edition of an essential textbook employed by numerous universities around the world connects chemistry to soil and plant growth-incorporating fundamental principles as well as state-of-the-art applications in soil formation into a stimulating, information-packed resource. Emphasizes the equal importance of organic and inorganic soil constitutents by delineating the role of complex carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, lignins, enzymes, and humic acids in soil reactions! Elucidating how soil is a system composed of a gas, liquid, and solid phase in easy-to-understand terms and logically arranged chapters, the revised and improved Third Edition now features new coverage of the relation of pe-pH with the biochemical cycle soil air quality and soil humidity thermodynamics in cation exchange and its connection with the quantity/intensity ratio adsorption of cations by soil organic matter biological fixation of phosphates biological and biochemical weathering molecular adsorption of organics expanded material on… organic residue and harvesting U.S. farmlands for biofuel proton charges, zero point proton charge (ZPPC), and zero point net charge (ZPNC) soil acidity and the function of aluminum compounds as pH buffers, including the 'controversy' over residual activity the use of fertilizers and biological nitrification in soil acidity acid rain, its effect on forest decline, fish kill, and buffering in soils and lake water through biological processes pesticide detoxification and enzyme preservation by humic acids and much more! With up-to-date references and nearly 400 drawings, photographs, tables, and equations that facilitate teaching and self-study, this readily accessible textbook is ideal for upper-level and graduate students taking courses in soil chemistry, advanced soil chemistry, geochemistry, soil analysis methodology, clay mineralogy, soil and plant analysis, soil physics, soil microbiology, ecology, and environmental health; as well as scientists and professionals needing a hands-on guide on the subject.
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